Israel, Utopia incorporated: A study of class, state, and corporate kin control

Israel has been at war or preparing for war since its foundation in 1948. Can it survive? This book by an Israeli born citizen is a unique counter-history of Zionism. Davis examines: The origins of Zionist ideology and its subsequent conquest of Palestine How Western pioneers of the new State became the ruling elite and systematically disadvantaged the Oriental Jews 'Socialist'' Israel as the cosy possession of a handful of inner men, reliant upon US capital. This is the story of how an interrelated ruling elite can destroy Israel from within.

Uri Davis is an Israeli born citizen. He has been active on behalf of the oppressed within Israel since his youth and was one of the first Israeli draft resisters. Currently he is teaching at the University of Bradford in Britain.

Uri Davis is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies at University of Durham, and at the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. In addition, he is Chairman of Al-Beit, the Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Israel; Founder Member of the Movement Against Israeli Apartheid in Palestine (MAIAP); and an Observer-Member of the Palestine National Council. He has published extensively in the field of democracy and human rights in Israel and Palestine, and his recent books include: The State of Palestine (Ithaca Press, Reading 1991) Crossing the Border: A Political Autobiography (Books & Books, London, 1995) Citizenship and the State: Comparative Study of Citizenship Legislation in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon (Ithaca Press, Reading, 1997) Citizenship and the State in the Middle East: Approaches and Applications (co-edited) (Syracuse University Press, 2000).